Analysis of I could bring You Jewels—had I a mind to
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I could bring You Jewels—had I a mind to—
But You have enough—of those—
I could bring You Odors from St. Domingo—
Colors—from Vera Cruz—
Berries of the Bahamas—have I—
But this little Blaze
Flickering to itself—in the Meadow—
Suits Me—more than those—
Never a Fellow matched this Topaz—
And his Emerald Swing—
Dower itself—for Bobadilo—
Better—Could I bring?
| Scheme | XABX XXBA XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 11111011011 1110111 11111011010 101101 101001011 11101 100101001 11111 10010111 01101 10111 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 391 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 09, 2023
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